Bloomer as Democrat, rotten, flipped in parliament (8)
I believe the answer is:
daffodil
'bloomer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'democrat rotten flipped in parliament' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'rotten' becomes 'off' (I've seen this before).
'flipped' says the letters should be written backwards.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'parliament' becomes 'dail' (I've seen this before**).
'd'+'off'='doff'
'doff' reversed gives 'ffod'.
'ffod' placed into 'dail' is 'DAFFODIL'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for daffodil that I've seen before include "Yellow narcissus" , "Plant of the genus Narcissus" , "National flower of Wales" , "Welsh emblem" , "national symbol" .)